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Is Spalletti the man to restore two-name normality at Chelsea?

Just hours passed between Chelsea firing up the Bunsen burner for the zany scientific experiment of putting cone distributor Roberto Di Matteo in charge until the summer and the previous promoters of such a strategy, Wolves, being thumped 5-0 round the corner.

If The Spoiler did Champions League draws...

The unnecessarily complex guides to how it all works, the use of two-minute video packages where five seconds of oral explanation would suffice and the unappreciated charm of draw master Gianni Infantino: The Spoiler loves nothing more than a UEFA draw.

To get the hype started early for Friday’s Champions League ball-grabbing festivities, here’s who [...]